Effects of Weightlessness

Essay # 3504

Astronomy > Space Exploration
Physics > Astrophysics
Physics > Matter and Energy
Physics > Relativity

A scientific research of the gravity and weightlessness of humans in space.

1,020 words () | 1 source | 2001 United States

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Paper Summary:

This is a paper that summarizes the observations of journalist, Glenn Zorpette, who accompanied engineering majors from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) who studied heat convection in artificial gravity by building a spinning assembly that produces centrifugal force in a test cell.

From the Paper:

"The scientific research was conducted in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's world-renowned Vomit Comet, a KC-135A aircraft that is flown so as to provide weightlessness in 25-second snippets. The plane is usually used for research conducted on a professional basis but undergraduate students are allowed to make use of the plane and conduct studies related to weightlessness. "